stingy

英 [ˈstɪndʒi]

美 [ˈstɪndʒi]

adj.  小气的; 吝啬的

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BNC.33295 / COCA.18550

牛津词典

adj.

• 小气的；吝啬的
  not given or giving willingly; not generous, especially with money
  1. You're stingy! (= not willing to spend money)
     你真小气！
  2. Don't be so stingy with the cream!
     别那么舍不得放奶油！

柯林斯词典

• ADJ-GRADED 吝啬的;小气的
  If you describe someone asstingy, you are criticizing them for being unwilling to spend money.
  1. The West is stingy with aid...
     西方在援助上有点吝啬。
  2. Winston was not a stingy man.
     温斯顿不是个小气之人。

英英释义

adj

• deficient in amount or quality or extent
  1. meager resources
  2. meager fare
  Synonym:meagermeagremeagerlyscrimpy
• unwilling to spend
  1. she practices economy without being stingy
  2. an ungenerous response to the appeal for funds
  Synonym:ungenerous

双语例句

• How can you be so stingy after what the doctor has done for us?
  医生为我们做了那么多事，你们还怎么能这么吝啬？
• But I don't want to be stingy just because she was.
  可是，我不想被人讥讽为象她一样的小气鬼。
• He is extremely frugal, not to say stingy.
  不说他吝啬，至少他也是极其节俭的。
• He is a very stingy person.
  他是个小气的人。
• Don't be so stingy with the money!
  用钱不要那样小手小脚！
• No one like contact with people who is so stingy.
  对于这样小气的人，谁也不愿意和他打交道。
• We have no dealing with a stingy man.
  我们不和吝啬的人交往。
• You malign a generous person when you call him a stingy person.
  当你说一个慷慨的人吝啬时，你就是在诋毁他。
• How stingy he is!
  这人真抠！
• After all, we live in a stingy vacation culture.
  毕竟，我们生活在一个吝啬度假的文化当中。